I'd say it's A draw between Songs From Tsongas and YessymphonicLive at montreux is ok too. and House Of blues is Pretty GoodSomething is wrong with the sound on Keys To Ascension otherwise I'd probably pick that.

yesman90125 wrote:I'd say it's A draw between Songs From Tsongas and YessymphonicLive at montreux is ok too. and House Of blues is Pretty GoodSomething is wrong with the sound on Keys To Ascension otherwise I'd probably pick that.

Tsongas and Yessymphonic are both excellent! I think the sound on Keys is superb, but it has all those annoying special effects and bad camera shots (like focusing on everyone in the band except the person playing the solo).

The Union Japanese import is also great, but very hard to find. The sound is absolutely fantastic.

Terry Shea wrote:Tsongas and Yessymphonic are both excellent! I think the sound on Keys is superb, but it has all those annoying special effects and bad camera shots (like focusing on everyone in the band except the person playing the solo).

The Union Japanese import is also great, but very hard to find. The sound is absolutely fantastic.

Maybe there's something wrong with my DVDthe sound drops in and out like a gate isnt working rightI can live with the video problems -the CD's sound greatbut something seems screwy not something the band is doing it's the mix or the DVD itselfTsongas has many Overdubs-Montreux really doesn't But the Montreux DVD seems to suffer some of the Problems with the Gates that Keys does.(Same engineer?)it might detract if your an audiophile-I'd say if your looking for a clean recording and good video Quality and Camera angles its Tsongashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_gate

yesman90125 wrote:Maybe there's something wrong with my DVDthe sound drops in and out like a gate isnt working rightI can live with the video problems -the CD's sound greatbut something seems screwy not something the band is doing it's the mix or the DVD itselfTsongas has many Overdubs-Montreux really doesn't But the Montreux DVD seems to suffer some of the Problems with the Gates that Keys does.(Same engineer?)it might detract if your an audiophile-I'd say if your looking for a clean recording and good video Quality and Camera angles its Tsongashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_gate

We should do a poll!I cant seem to figure that outI'll work on it.

Yeah, it does do that in a few places, but I've noticed that on many of the DVDs. Just keep a remote in your hand and controlling the volume is no problem.

thehallway wrote:Yesspeak Live: The Director's Cut is the newest and one of the best Yes dvds (in terms of sound and quality). I would buy it but they show it on tv every day on sky channel 260, Rock-on tv! (UK only)

yes they do, dont they?!! I must have sat thro it (on & off) several times (never seem to get to see the whole thing!) This is from the 2003 tour, the main concert filmed at the NIA, Birmingham UK. Sonically it's good, but visually its not that exciting - the band look bad (Jon in lilac tracksuit), stage set consisting of drapes of silver spandex (no doubt later recycled into shorts for Alan). the bit of their performance @ Glastonbury's quite fun.

I like Songs from the Tsongas m'self, and after that the Symphonic Tour - the version of Gates with the orchestra is phenomenal!

I'm a purest, for me it's Yessongs and QPR. That era of YES music is just magic to me. It's a shame tha Yessongs doesn't have the complete version of Starship Trooper (only the Wurm section during the end credits) and Perpetual Change. Since Bill was out of the band at that time that probably influenced the decision on what was included. I also enjoy the BBC Sounding Out and GFTO sessions bootleg DVDs from a historical perspective. Sonically, for a contemporary DVD, I'd give the nod to Live at Montreux.

[} ]I have a question about QPR. It used to be sold as two individule DVDs which are now out of print but Tommygun sells it along with other things on a DVD. He has ads on Youtube and My Space. Has anyone purchased that specific version? They say it has remastered sound taken from a rare Japanese laser disc of the entire QPR concert.[} ]

yesguitarman wrote:I'm a purest, for me it's Yessongs and QPR. That era of YES music is just magic to me. It's a shame tha Yessongs doesn't have the complete version of Starship Trooper (only the Wurm section during the end credits) and Perpetual Change. Since Bill was out of the band at that time that probably influenced the decision on what was included. I also enjoy the BBC Sounding Out and GFTO sessions bootleg DVDs from a historical perspective. Sonically, for a contemporary DVD, I'd give the nod to Live at Montreux.

twinarchers wrote:[} ]They say it has remastered sound taken from a rare Japanese laser disc of the entire QPR concert.[} ]

I have that rare Japanese laser disc of QPR. Unfortunately, it has the same crappy sound as all the other versions. The problem obviously originated during the recording process. I don't know anything about how that would or should be done, and obviously they (i.e., whoever was in charge of that) didn't know either back in those days! Sounded like Steve hit a loud chord and something blew up. What a great shame....

Yessongs is also a great one as well, at their absolute peak musically, especially Steve.

I have the Yesyears DVD (paid $55 for it 3 years ago!) and the Classic Artists DVD and both give such a deep history of the band even though when you watch both DVDs some of the stories told on both (the exact same stories) seem to conflict with each other. I guess that happens over time. Overall, documentary wise, I'd go with the Classic Artists DVD because it's a little more detailed and tells more of the story of the band we all know and love and also for the bonus interview snippets and videos (although they could've thrown in the "Lift Me Up" video). The pre-SLO rehearsals aren't too bad either.